Section 12-220-409 - Inactive dental, dental therapist, or dental hygienist license(1) Any person licensed to practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene pursuant to this article 220 may apply to the board to be transferred to an inactive status. The licensee must submit an application in the form and manner designated by the board. The board may grant inactive status by issuing an inactive license or deny the application for any of the causes set forth in section 12-220-201.(2) Any person applying for a license under this section must: (a) Provide an affidavit to the board that the applicant, after a date certain, will not practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene in this state unless the applicant is issued a license to practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene pursuant to subsection (5) of this section;(b) Pay the license fee as authorized pursuant to section 12-20-105; and(c) Comply with any financial responsibility or professional liability insurance requirements established by the board pursuant to sections 12-220-307 and 13-64-301 (1)(a), as applicable.(3) The inactive status must be plainly indicated on the face of any inactive license certificate issued under this section.(4) The board may take disciplinary action pursuant to sections 12-220-202 to 12-220-206 against any person licensed under this section for any act committed while the person was licensed pursuant to this article 220.(5) Any person licensed under this section who wishes to resume the practice of dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene must file an application in the form and manner the board designates, pay the license fee promulgated by the board pursuant to section 12-20-105, and meet the financial responsibility requirements or the professional liability insurance requirements established by the board pursuant to sections 12-220-307 and 13-64-301 (1)(a), as applicable. The board may approve the application and issue a license to practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene or may deny the application for any of the causes set forth in section 12-220-201.Amended by 2022 Ch. 381, § 22, eff. 1/1/2023.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-220-120 and amended by 2020 Ch. 64, § 1, eff. 9/14/2020.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-35-122 and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by 2016 Ch. 124, § 1, eff. 8/10/2016.Amended by 2014 Ch. 363, § 15, eff. 7/1/2014.L. 2004: Entire article RC&RE, p. 836, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2014: (1), (2)(a), (2)(c), and (5) amended, (HB 14-1227), ch. 363, p. 1723, § 15, effective July 1. L. 2016: (2)(c) amended, (HB 16-1327), ch. 124, p. 352, § 1, effective August 10.This section is similar to former § 12-220-120 as it existed prior to 2020.
2022 Ch. 381, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).